Around 40,000 people will be there. Realistically about 60 of them matter to you, and you will meet six of those by accident. Supermeet finds the rest.
Tell us you’re going to NRF Retail’s Big Show and we’ll start there.
The problem at this scale
The Javits floor is built for vendors to find buyers. If you are the buyer, or trying to reach one, it is noise in both directions.
attendees, roughly — mostly retail executives, technology vendors and store operations teams. The attendee list is the single most valuable document of the week, and almost nobody reads it.
names is about what one person can realistically prepare for and meet properly over a few days.
people here are genuinely worth your time. Finding them by walking the floor takes longer than the conference lasts.
How to work NRF Retail’s Big Show
Split your days by floor, as the Javits Center is hard to cross quickly. Retailers are approached constantly, so name the exact problem you can help with.
What we’re building
Live today: see who else is going and get introduced, if you both opt in. Next: eighteen names, ranked, each with one line on why this person and not the 39,982 others.
The NRF Retail’s Big Show attendee list, speaker page or exhibitor directory — whatever you have access to.
Three questions, ninety seconds. Hiring, raising, selling, learning — the answer changes the entire list.
Drafted in your voice, sent from your address, with a second nudge to anyone who goes quiet. That second message is the one nobody sends.
Questions
Around 40,000, based on recent public figures. Numbers change from year to year, and NRF Retail’s Big Show usually takes place in January.
Mostly retail executives, technology vendors and store operations teams.
Check the speaker and exhibitor pages first, since those are usually public. On Supermeet you can pick NRF Retail’s Big Show and see how many others are going. If you both opt in, you can see each other’s name and role. Nobody’s email is ever shown.
Free beta
See who else is going to NRF Retail’s Big Show right now. The more people fromNRF Retail’s Big Show who join, the sooner it gets a full shortlist.
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